Forty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the effects of the world’s worst nuclear accident are still being felt.

These 20 pictures capture the aftermath of the infamous 1986 Chernobyl incident—effects that are, in some cases, still felt today.

This Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. At 01:23 that morning, while concluding a safety test, reactor number four went into meltdown, ...

The 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster fueled global fears about nuclear energy and slowed down its development in Europe and other regions.

Photographer Pierpaolo Mittica has been documenting the passage of time at the disaster site as clean-up crews, tourists, and war, come and go in a landscape still teeming with radiation. "We are just ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has posted a poignant tribute to those who gave their lives and were affected by the ...